linux-kernel - Re: [take12 0/3] kevent: Generic event handling mechanism.

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Date:	Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:43:50 +1200
From:	"Ian McDonald" <ian.mcdonald@...di.co.nz>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	"Evgeniy Polyakov" <johnpol@....mipt.ru>,
	"Jari Sundell" <sundell.software@...il.com>,
	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru,
	nmiell@...cast.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	drepper@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, zach.brown@...cle.com,
	hch@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [take12 0/3] kevent: Generic event handling mechanism.

> I wonder whether designing-in a millisecond granularity is the right thing
> to do.  If in a few years the kernel is running tickless with high-res clock
> interrupt sources, that might look a bit lumpy.
>
I'd second that - when working on DCCP I've done a lot of the work in
microseconds and it made quite a difference instead of milliseconds
because of it's design.

I haven't followed kevents in great detail but it sounds like
something that could be useful for me with higher resolution timers
than milliseconds.
-- 
Ian McDonald
Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4
Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com
WAND Network Research Group
Department of Computer Science
University of Waikato
New Zealand
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